yammer

[ yam-er ]
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verb (used without object)
  1. to whine or complain.

  2. to make an outcry or clamor.

  1. to talk loudly and persistently.

verb (used with object)
  1. to utter clamorously, persistently, or in complaint: They yammered their complaints until she let them see the movie.

noun
  1. the act or noise of yammering.

Origin of yammer

1
1275–1325; Middle English yameren (v.) <Middle Dutch jam(m)eren, replacing Middle English yomeren,Old English gēomrian to complain, derivative of gēomor sad; akin to German Jammer lamentation

Other words from yammer

  • yam·mer·er, noun
  • yam·mer·ing·ly, adverb

Words Nearby yammer

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How to use yammer in a sentence

  • "I'd loike to ha' th' first yammer at him," he had said, savagely.

    That Lass O' Lowrie's | Frances Hodgson Burnett
  • An' when yo' dad coom home there'd be no Wee Anne to rin to him, and climb on his knee, and yammer to him, and beat his face.

    Bob, Son of Battle | Alfred Ollivant
  • Above the drone of the twin Pegasus engines came a sharp staccato yammer that made fingers of ice clutch at Dave's heartstrings.

    Dave Dawson with the R.A.F | R. Sidney Bowen
  • The last exclamation was caused by the staccato yammer of aerial machine gun fire coming to his ears once again.

    Dave Dawson with the R.A.F | R. Sidney Bowen
  • At that instant he heard the savage snarl and yammer of aerial machine guns.

British Dictionary definitions for yammer

yammer

/ (ˈjæmə) informal /


verb
  1. to utter or whine in a complaining or peevish manner

  2. to make (a complaint) loudly or persistently

  1. (intr) (esp of an animal) to howl or wail plaintively or distressingly; yelp or yowl

noun
  1. a yammering sound, wail, or utterance

  2. nonsense; jabber

Origin of yammer

1
Old English geōmrian to grumble, complain; related to Old High German iāmar misery, lamentation, Old Norse amra to howl

Derived forms of yammer

  • yammerer, noun

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